United Kingdom, Aug. 29 -- Paris Hilton says the short haircut she sent trending in the early 2000s was an accident.

The socialite and entrepreneur, 44, appeared to proudly wear short hair in her younger days, but has now said it was the result of being distracted when a hairstylist cut off her long waist-length locks without warning.

Paris told Us Weekly: "I was not paying attention, just like on my phone and then I looked up - and I had like long hair all the way down to my waist at this point - and I looked up and he had cut my hair all the way to my ears."

She added she immediately called her sister Nicky Hilton, 41, to try and fix it.

Paris said: "I was so in shock and I looked in the mirror and I didn't know what to say.

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